(biology) a type of cell division in which a cell divides into four cells, each with half the number of chromosomes of the original cell: In male animals, meiosis takes place in the testes and in females within the ovaries.
az: meyoz bölünmə
ru: мейоз; редукционное деление клеток
(biology) any of various naturally occurring black or dark brown pigments responsible for the colour/color of the skin, hair, and eyes of humans and animals: Many albinos are sensitive to sunlight and develop sunburn because of the lack of melanin.
az: melanin
ru: меланин
1 (of character) made softer and more mature, relaxed etc by age and/or experience: Her personality became more mellow as middle age approached.
az: mülayim
ru: смягчившийся
2 (of sound, colour/color, light etc) soft, not strong or unpleasant: The lamplight was soft and mellow.
az: yumşaq, mülayim
ru: мягкий
3 (of wine, cheese etc) kept until the flavour has developed fully: a mellow burgundy.
az: vaxtı çatmış
ru: выдержанный
♦ verb
to make or become softer or more mature: Old age has mellowed him.
az: yumşalmaq, təmkimli olmaq
ru: смягчать(ся)
1 a (type of) play in which emotions and the goodness or wickedness of the characters are exaggerated greatly: Some critics prefer the playwright’s earlier melodramas.
az: melodram
ru: мелодрама
2 (an example of) behaviour/behavior similar to a play of this sort: He makes a melodrama out of everything that happens.
az: şişirtmə
ru: театральность